Rep. William Lansing

Former Representative from New York’s 23^rd District, Republican

Lansing, a Republican, was the representative for New York's 23^rd congressional district from 1873 to 1875.

He was previously the representative for New York's 22^nd congressional district (1871-1873); and the representative for New York's 22^nd congressional district (1861-1863).

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Voting Record

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From Jul 1861 to Mar 1875, Lansing missed 602 of 1,629 roll call votes, which is 37.0%. This is much worse than the median of 22.4% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1875. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1861 Jul-Aug	54	9	16.7%	33^rd
Dec 1861-Feb 1862	75	14	18.7%	50^th
1862 Mar-May	114	25	21.9%	40^th
1862 Jun-Jul	122	50	41.0%	74^th
Dec 1862-Mar 1863	273	99	36.3%	79^th
1871 Mar-Apr	87	21	24.1%	75^th
Dec 1871-Feb 1872	89	37	41.6%	85^th
1872 Mar-May	156	52	33.3%	65^th
1872 Jun-Jun	35	24	68.6%	78^th
Dec 1872-Mar 1873	150	53	35.3%	80^th
Dec 1873-Feb 1874	78	32	41.0%	88^th
1874 Mar-May	101	39	38.6%	81^st
1874 Jun-Jun	60	26	43.3%	81^st
Dec 1874-Mar 1875	235	121	51.5%	87^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000

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